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Cap - Cardiff Harlequins Football and Athletic Club 1891/92

Object Id:

0019

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Believed to be a Cardiff Harlequins Football and Athletic Club cap.

Info:

Thought to be awarded to Gwyn Nicholls, who played one season for them 1891/92 before joining Cardiff RFC. Nicholls played 242 games for Cardiff between 1892-1910, scoring 111 tries including 4 in one match against Cardiff and District RU. He captained Cardiff four times and gained 24 Welsh Caps,10 as captain. Known in his time as the " Prince of Three-quarters", the Gwyn Nicholls memorial gates at the North entrance to Cardiff Arms Park were erected by public subscription as a tribute to him.